Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords
Stay safe (Long, mixed, not guessable): Length: at least 12 characters (letters, digits and symbols all count). Mix: at least 3 kinds — small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols. Not guessable: no name, no year or birthday, no common word like password, qwerty or welcome. Break any one rule and the password is weak.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🔐 Is “plum#pearl#kite#16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Vine@Corn@Nest43” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “Saanvi-Boat-15” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔢 How many characters are in “Leaf#Boat#2009”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) brickpearlbellpond (b) DrumKiteTent77
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wheel_Gold_Rain78 (b) Saanvi_Rain_11
- 7.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) on a sticky note (b) on your notebook cover (c) in your head (d) in a class chat
- 8.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Vine@Gold@Lotus28 (b) sandgoldcorn11
- 9.🔐 Is “Cloud-Vine-2008” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 10.🔐 “tentneemlotusfrog” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 11.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) capital letters (b) symbols (c) digits (d) emojis
- 12.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Frog@24 (b) CloudWheelDust63
- 13.🔐 Is “dust-fern-tent-77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔐 “Arjun-Drum-17” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 15.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine_drum_leaf_34 (b) River.86
- 16.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Sand#Chai#2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 17.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “iloveyou15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 18.🔐 “Wheel-88” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a common word
- 19.🔐 Is “Leaf_Gold_Lamp33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 20.🔢 How many characters are in “Gold-Tiger-Leaf18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 21.🔢 How many characters are in “password89”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 22.🔢 How many characters are in “shellfrogboat47”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 23.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “LampDrumTiger59” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) vine@moon@corn@70 (b) Iloveyou@Gold63
- 25.🔐 Is “NestDrumCloud28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Meera!Cloud!34 (b) FernMangoToast12
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “password23”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “FernSeedLake44” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
- 30.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “WolfRiverSeed37” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 31.🔐 Is “Seed_Dust_2016” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 32.🔐 Is “cloudpondmango70” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 33.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Cloud!Corn!Tiger49” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) NeemSandWolf39 (b) qwerty48
- 35.🔐 Is “admin12” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 36.🧮 By our rule, how many kinds of characters should a strong password use at least? (a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
- 37.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) it is too long (d) others can guess it
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Moon@Drum@2010”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) safe (b) required (c) risky (d) smart
- 40.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Rohan.Drum.30 (b) Moon_Plum_Wheel48
Answer key
- strong
- 4
- weak
- 14
- DrumKiteTent77
- Wheel_Gold_Rain78
- in your head
- Vine@Gold@Lotus28
- weak
- fewer than 3 kinds
- emojis
- CloudWheelDust63
- strong
- has a name or year
- vine_drum_leaf_34
- 4
- 2
- shorter than 12
- strong
- 17
- 10
- 15
- 3
- vine@moon@corn@70
- strong
- FernMangoToast12
- 10
- 3
- 12
- 3
- weak
- weak
- 4
- NeemSandWolf39
- weak
- 3
- others can guess it
- 14
- risky
- Moon_Plum_Wheel48
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